The chief arranges itineraries for foreign dignitaries visiting the U.S. and accompanies the president on all official international travel. Additionally, the office is responsible for accrediting foreign diplomats and publishing the list of foreign consular offices in the U.S., organizing ceremonies for treaty signings, conducting ambassadorial swearing-in and state arrival ceremonies, and maintaining Blair House, the official guest house for state visitors.
The chief of protocol duties include being present at the annual State of the Union speech (SOTU) given by the president each January before Congress. These SOTU duties include escorting the dean of the Diplomatic Corps into the House Chamber for the SOTU speech.
The chief of protocol position should not be confused with the distinctly different White House social secretary position.
Divisionsedit
The office identifies six divisions on its website, led by assistant chiefs, who oversee the following principal duties:[4]
^"Assistant Secretaries and Equivalent Rank". January 20, 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
^"Department Organization Chart". March 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
^"U.S. Department of State: Office of the Chief of Protocol". State.gov. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
External linksedit
Office of the Chief of Protocol
List of Chiefs of Protocol
January 01, 1970
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In the United States the chief of protocol is an officer of the United States Department of State responsible for advising the president of the United States the vice president of the United States and the United States secretary of state on matters of national and international diplomatic protocol The chief of protocol holds the rank of Ambassador and Assistant Secretary of State 2 3 Chief of ProtocolSeal of the United States Department of StateIncumbentEthan Rosenzweig 1 Acting since August 1 2023Reports toUnited States Secretary of StateNominatorPresident of the United StatesInaugural holderJames Clement DunnFormation1928Websiteoffice of the chief of protocol Contents 1 Duties 2 Divisions 3 List of chiefs of protocol of the United States 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksDuties editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed June 2019 Learn how and when to remove this message The chief arranges itineraries for foreign dignitaries visiting the U S and accompanies the president on all official international travel Additionally the office is responsible for accrediting foreign diplomats and publishing the list of foreign consular offices in the U S organizing ceremonies for treaty signings conducting ambassadorial swearing in and state arrival ceremonies and maintaining Blair House the official guest house for state visitors The chief of protocol duties include being present at the annual State of the Union speech SOTU given by the president each January before Congress These SOTU duties include escorting the dean of the Diplomatic Corps into the House Chamber for the SOTU speech The chief of protocol position should not be confused with the distinctly different White House social secretary position Divisions editThe office identifies six divisions on its website led by assistant chiefs who oversee the following principal duties 4 Management Visits Ceremonials Diplomatic Affairs Blair House Major EventsList of chiefs of protocol of the United States editImage Name Assumed office Left office President served under nbsp James Clement Dunn February 4 1928 November 17 1930 Calvin CoolidgeHerbert Hoover nbsp F Lammot Belin November 17 1930 September 15 1931 Herbert Hoover nbsp Warren Delano Robbins September 15 1931 June 11 1933 nbsp James Clement Dunn June 11 1933 April 11 1935 Franklin D Roosevelt nbsp Richard Southgate April 11 1935 July 29 1937 nbsp George T Summerlin July 29 1937 January 15 1944 nbsp Stanley Woodward January 15 1944 May 22 1950 Franklin D RooseveltHarry S Truman nbsp John F Simmons August 18 1950 January 31 1957 Harry S TrumanDwight D Eisenhower Wiley T Buchanan Jr February 4 1957 January 23 1961 Dwight D Eisenhower nbsp Angier Biddle Duke January 24 1961 January 20 1965 John F KennedyLyndon B Johnson nbsp Lloyd Nelson Hand January 21 1965 March 21 1966 Lyndon B Johnson nbsp James W Symington March 22 1966 March 31 1968 nbsp Angier Biddle Duke April 1 1968 September 26 1968 nbsp Tyler Abell September 30 1968 January 20 1969 Emil Mosbacher January 21 1969 June 30 1972 Richard Nixon Marion H Smoak July 1 1972 March 1 1974 acting March 1 1974 March 30 1974 nbsp Henry E Catto Jr April 3 1974 July 1 1976 Richard NixonGerald Ford nbsp Shirley Temple Black July 1 1976 January 21 1977 Gerald Ford nbsp Evan Dobelle March 2 1977 May 22 1978 Jimmy Carter nbsp Edith H J Dobelle November 3 1978 September 26 1979 Abelardo L Valdez October 19 1979 January 21 1981 nbsp Morgan Mason acting January 21 1981 March 20 1981 Ronald Reagan nbsp Leonore Annenberg March 20 1981 January 6 1982 nbsp Selwa Roosevelt April 16 1982 January 20 1989 nbsp Joseph Verner Reed Jr May 21 1989 October 21 1991 George H W Bush nbsp John Giffen Weinmann October 31 1991 January 20 1993 Molly M Raiser September 14 1993 July 24 1997 Bill Clinton Mary Mel French November 13 1997 January 20 2001 nbsp Donald Ensenat June 6 2001 February 18 2007 George W Bush nbsp Raymond P Martinez acting February 18 2007 September 14 2007 nbsp Nancy Brinker September 14 2007 January 20 2009 nbsp Capricia Marshall August 3 2009 August 1 2013 Barack Obama nbsp Natalie Jones acting August 1 2013 May 13 2014 nbsp Peter A Selfridge May 13 2014 January 20 2017 Post vacant January 20 2017 December 1 2017 nbsp Sean Lawler December 1 2017 July 9 2019 Donald Trump nbsp Mary Kate Fisher acting June 24 2019 August 12 2019 nbsp Cam Henderson August 12 2019 January 20 2021 nbsp Asel Roberts acting January 20 2021 January 3 2022 Joe Biden nbsp Rufus Gifford January 3 2022 July 28 2023 nbsp Ethan Rosenzweig acting August 1 2023 IncumbentSee also editChief of protocol Diplomatic rank Protocol diplomacy United States order of precedenceReferences edit Ethan Rosenzweig Assistant Secretaries and Equivalent Rank January 20 2009 Retrieved November 15 2015 Department Organization Chart March 2014 Retrieved November 15 2015 U S Department of State Office of the Chief of Protocol State gov Retrieved August 25 2017 External links editOffice of the Chief of Protocol List of Chiefs of Protocol Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chief of Protocol of the United States amp oldid 1220674801, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
